Method and apparatus for screening audio-visual materials presented to a subscriber
September 23, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAddressable cable television control system with video format data transmission Video and audio blanking system Program blocking method for use in direct broadcast satellite system Method and system for editing unwanted program material from broadcast signals Automatic censorship of video programs Control system for satellite delivered pay-per-view television system Method and apparatus for communicating different categories of data in a single data stream Automatic multivariate censorship of audio-video programming by user-selectable obscuration Multimedia interface and method for computer system Receiver control circuit for a television for controlling programs to be supplied for viewing InventorsApplicationNo. 935995 filed on 09/23/1997US Classes:725/14, By passively monitoring receiver operation348/569, Receiver indicator (e.g., on screen display)725/10, Monitoring physical reaction or presence of viewer725/27, Of specific channel725/28Of specific program (e.g., based on program rating)ExaminersPrimary: Kostak, Victor R.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassH04N 007/14AbstractA method and apparatus for the automatic access control to multimedia presentations at the receiver in accordance with a viewer selected access mode and access classification data encoded into the multimedia presentation. Screening classification codes (SCCs) are embedded in the Audio Visual Material (AVM) delivered to a subscribers home station. The screening classification codes identify the type of content that follows in the AVM stream. For instance, violent content (video and/or audio) provided to a home station may contain a SCC that indicates violent scenes or violent action is forth coming in the AVM stream. The home station takes the SCC that are encoded and/or embedded in the AVM stream and applies a subscriber selected screening criteria. The screening criteria or suppression criteria are AVM manipulation commands. These AVM manipulation commands can blank the audio and/or video, cause the display of the last acceptable frame, perform obscuration transforms on the AVM stream or otherwise manipulate the audio and/or video portions of the AVM stream. The subscriber associates an AVM manipulation command with each of the available SCCs. The home station applies the subscriber desired manipulation commands to the AVM stream. Information on the subscriber selections are provided to an upstream node for subscriber behavior collection analysis.Other References
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